QA Tester

About Geocaching HQ

We are the global headquarters for the game of geocaching. Our mission is to inspire outdoor adventure, exploration, and community. Our products empower a worldwide community of geocachers to make every location an adventure and everyone an explorer.

At Geocaching HQ, we strive to be the best place our employees have ever worked. We foster a workplace rooted in compassion and candor, and we invite you to join us!

Position overview

As a QA Tester at Geocaching, you ensure that quality assurance processes and best practices are in place, and are followed, with respect to all aspects of operations and projects. You will work with our awesome team of developers and designers to deliver high quality custom applications while developing new processes and tools to further automate testing and create a self-help QA environment. You must be self-motivated and able to balance the need for quality delivery now while improving tools and processes for the future. We are working toward an approach which makes Quality a team responsibility, and this role will not only perform testing, but provide guidance and reinforcement to the delivery team toward this goal. As a QA resource for two delivery teams, you will be helping other team members learn how to contribute to the manual and automated testing effort, in addition to your own testing.

Responsibilities and duties

Help deliver updates, fixes, and new features to web and mobile platforms
Work with the delivery team to construct or refine team QA processes
Spearhead testing efforts across a mix of roadmap features, maintenance tasks, and live-service deployments
Create test plans and processes for our established websites, apps, and services as well as in-development projects. Collaborate with team members to understand deliverables, testing, and requirements.
Occasionally coordinate or participate in cross-team testing efforts for features that span our products
Identify opportunities for improving our ability to identify bugs and optimizations early in the development process
Act as owner and point-of-contact on the development team’s QA processes, philosophy, and education
Other tasks and projects as assigned

Skills and experience

3+ years experience in QA
Strong testing and problem isolation skills
Experience crafting test plans and test cases; bonus points for automated test suites
Experience testing Android and iOS mobile applications (preferred) Experience testing modern Javascript-based web stacks preferred

Bonus points

Familiarity with JIRA or other task-tracking software
Familiarity with geocaching

Required, education, licenses, or certifications: Not applicable

Company competencies

Accountability: Actively seeing commitments through to completion; taking responsibility for actions, welcoming feedback, and effectively explaining decisions.
Adaptability: Demonstrating openness, flexibility, and agility in response to changing environments or circumstances.
Collaboration: Identifying appropriate contributors from across and within teams; working with them in a way that leads to effective results and positive relationships.
Problem Solving: Proactively recognizing challenges, analyzing potential responses, and taking initiative that leads to a thoughtful result.
Results-Oriented: Outcomes matter; taking responsibility for the timing and results of work and projects.
Self-Awareness: Continually improving upon personal strengths and areas for growth. Recognizing and managing our own emotions; recognizing and responding well to the emotions of others.

Behaviors

Exemplify our company values: authenticity, effectiveness, passion, inclusivity
Demonstrate collaborative communication and negotiation skills
High level of emotional intelligence and interpersonal skills
Ability to discern appropriate judgment and discretion
Possess a growth mindset with a desire to learn, develop, and share skills
Graciously give and receive feedback
Effectively plan, organize, and prioritize workload

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

This job description should not be construed to imply that these requirements are the only duties, responsibilities, and qualification for this job. Incumbents may be required to follow any additional related instructions, acquire related job skills, and perform other related work as required.

Compensation and benefits

We carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your experience and internal equity, when determining individual pay. The range for this role is 77,910 - 118,420. This position is eligible for annual salary increases and bonus (dependent on company & individual performance).

In addition to a collaborative workforce and a variety of office perks, below are some of our current benefits:

Comprehensive benefits package: medical, dental, vision insurance. We cover the health insurance premiums for you and your eligible dependents.
Employer-paid premiums for Short and long-term disability, basic life and AD&D.
Options to enroll in Flexible Spending Account (health and dependent care) and additional voluntary life insurance.
401k retirement plan: traditional and/or Roth, plus up to a 4% employer match with immediate vesting.
Healthy work/life balance: generous PTO (120 hour accrual for each of the first two years of full-time employment, with increased accruals after that) and 10 paid holidays + 2 bonus days, monthly company social events, unlimited access to our Employee Assistance Program, budget for team outings, and more.
Free Geocaching Premium Membership (plus one for a buddy!) to cache to your heart's content!
One month paid Sabbatical every 7 years.
Free unlimited ski/snowboard lift tickets or reimbursement up to $300/year towards outdoor activities.
On-site gear closet so you can enjoy the great outdoors.
Employer paid commute options with ORCA cards and on-site parking.
Professional development programs and budget tailored to your learning & growth -- not in the cookie-cutter "one size fits all" approach.
Employer charitable donation matching program, adoption benefits, and reimbursement for child/pet/elderly parent caretaker needs.
Catered in-office lunches Monday-Thursday
Two hours of paid geocaching per month.

Statement of inclusivity

Geocaching HQ works actively and intentionally to build a diverse, equitable, and inclusive company and worldwide community. We encourage everyone to apply and welcome applicants who are historically underrepresented in the technology and outdoor industries.